Labor Day Battles

Time for some BBQ and 40k battles! We have yet to try out the fun of hot, Knight-on-Knight action. Fortunately, Peter is building a household of Knights under new management. He brought a pair still under construction to do battle with the Imperial lapdogs.

The Hydra

The Dark Paladin

The two Fallen Knights were joined by a Lord of Skulls for a nice 1703 point force. In the first battle I took my Four Horsemen. It made for a swift match. Minor damage was done by each side in the shooting phases. The real fun happened in close combat.

Four Super-heavy walkers enter, one Lord of Skulls leaves. It gets really bloody when everyone has Destroyer close combat weapons. Very entertaining though.

On the other flank, The Baron took down the twin battlecannon armed Chaos Knight in close combat. Even without a D weapon it still did a good amount of damage to the Baron's suit. 

The badly damage Baron charged the damaged and very angry Lord of Skulls. Stupid Daemon saves.

However, in the next shooting phase my last Knight, a Crusader brought the Lord of Skulls down with a hail of fire from the Avenger Gatling Cannon. Narrow win for the Imperium!

The second battle saw Matt's Blood Angels with a new friend. He had just finished his new Freeblade, Scriptum. Named as such because its armor is cover in the text of its glorious deeds. Matt painted them on with a brush. The effect is quite striking.  

Scriptum

Unfortunately I had camera problems during the second battle, brought on by too much Rum. So the few shots I did take are all blurry. Sorry Matt and Peter! The game did end in a win for Chaos. 

The next time we try a big mech fight we will bring in some hapless infantry and see how that goes. Overall the games were fun and fast. It was nice have a lot of the big models on the table.

The Emperor Protects

And Probably Invented BBQ

Codex Deathwatch: Quick Look

The book I never thought would happen is in my hands. Codex Deathwatch. Upon a fast skim through, it is everything I wanted, plus a side helping of damnnn. Making Deathwatch its own army is an interesting choice to begin with, previously only being available as an allied squad.

 The lore does support Deathwatch heading out en mass to deal with a threat that a small team could not. The heart of the army (and the only troop choice) is the Veteran squad. Talk about options. Anybody can take any ranged, melee, or special weapon. Plus up to four heavy weapons. Yikes.
Of course this will make the squads get real expensive real fast. Especially if you add the new fancy Corvus Blackstar Dropships as a transport. Which I will.

Terminators, Vanguard Vets, and Bikers (no attack bikes) round out the infantry types. All of those squads are limited to five models. Regular and Venerable Dreadnoughts are available as Elites. All three types of Land Raiders make up the only heavy choices. Some really unique wargear are available, such as the amazing Deathwatch Frag Cannon, Heavy Thunder Hammer, and Infernus Heavy Bolter. And so many different formations.

Overall it is a very nice book. Lots of good artwork, lots of pictures of well painted models, good history and fluff. I'm going to have a long look at all the game stuff this weekend as I plan out my army.

Death to the Xenos

Not Just the Ugly Ones. All of Them.

Sanctus Reach: The PC Version

It looks like we are finally getting a turn based 40K game again! Not a lot of info at the moment, but it is turn based fun with Space Wolves, Orks, and Imperial Knights.

It promises a long campaign and a skirmish mode. Thirty plus units and heroes. Units can be leveled up and be carried over between battles. Sounds great!

It's been a very long time since Chaos Gate, by SSI, the last squad sized, turn based 40K game. I have high hopes for this one. It has a November release date at the moment.

For Russ and the All-Father!

Death for the Pixel Xenos!

Don't Pet the Nexu

...And in closing, I would like to reiterate that I feel adding a adult Nexu to the petting zoo remains a very poor choice, even if it does lower overall feeding bills.

Hi everybody (at least everybody who is still reading this) I had a wee accident (with a wild animal) and have been out of it for the last four-ish weeks. It will be another six weeks before the cast comes off, so no Titan build just yet. I am so ready!

I do have a few reviews and battle reports lined up, so please join me as we will start back up next week. Thank for your patience.

So Many Teeth, so Much Blood

Yes, Mistakes Where Made